Georgia teen pens 300 letters urging elected officials to protect prisoners from coronavirus

Coronavirus Virginia

Georgia teen pens 300 letters urging elected officials to protect prisoners from coronavirus

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – Since the age of 5, when a family member was arrested, Isabella Martinez has been passionate about criminal justice reform. But when the coronavirus pandemic hit, the…

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Coronavirus New Jersey

NJ Supreme Court should send more prisoners home because of coronavirus, advocates argue

New Jersey’s highest court could intervene in Gov. Murphy’s order to release state inmates, leading to more releases and more transparency. Source link

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Coronavirus Vermont

Inmate’s lawsuit settled with more Covid-19 precautions for prisoners in Mississippi

Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility, run by CoreCivic. File photo by Alan Keays/VTDigger VTDigger posts regular coronavirus updates on this page. You can also subscribe here for daily coronavirus news. Please send your Covid-19…

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Coronavirus Wisconsin

Renovated Franklin facility set to house county inmates and state prisoners with COVID-19

Officials said work on the new facility, which will house up to 120 patients, is expected to be completed this week and begin taking prisoners and inmates on Sunday. Source…

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Coronavirus Minnesota

COVID-19 outbreak infects 19 federal prisoners in Minneapolis residential facility

A COVID-19 outbreak has infected 19 inmates, or about one-sixth of capacity, at a residential center in south Minneapolis that prepares low-risk federal prisoners to re-enter society, according to Federal…

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Coronavirus Virgin Islands and the Caribbean

JPs can still visit prisoners and lock-ups – Westmoreland custos, Trelawny Lay Magistrates president dismiss reports of COVID-19 restrictions | News

WESTERN BUREAU: Justices of the Peace (JP) in western Jamaica are not being barred from inspecting police lock-ups and seeing inmates, despite reports suggesting that they have been barred from…

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Coronavirus Arkansas

Lawsuit continues to press for better care for state prisoners threatened by virus

The ACLU and NAACP Legal Defense Fund have renewed and expanded their arguments for a federal court order to improve health conditions for state prison inmates during the coronavirus crisis,…

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Coronavirus West Virginia

WV MetroNews Manchin: AG Barr says transfer of federal prisoners over for length of pandemic

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Joe Manchin says he’s been told by U.S. Attorney William Barr there will be no more transfers of federal prisoners for the remainder of the COVID-19 pandemic…

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Coronavirus West Virginia

WV MetroNews Bureau of Prisons confirmed prisoners who test positive for coronavirus will not be transferred to West Virginia facility

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Officials with the U.S. Bureau of Prisons confirmed to Preston County and state leaders it will not send prisoners who have tested positive for the coronavirus to…

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Coronavirus Texas

Texas Health Officials Undercount COVID-19 Cases by Excluding Some Prisoners Who Tested Positive

The William G. McConnell Unit in Beeville at sunset in April 2020. At least one inmate at the Beeville Unit tested positive for COVID-19. AP Photo/Eric Gay COVID-19 cases have…

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